South Highlands Elementary among schools in George Rodrigue program

11:31 AM,
Apr. 23, 2013

Artist George Rodrigue talks about his Blue Dog painting.

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South Highlands Magnet Elementary School is among the first seven schools in the state to be accepted by the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts into the the Louisiana A+ Schools network for the 2013/2014 school year. The program involves a three-year implementation process.

The A+ Schools Network believes in arts-integration, a system that infuses art, reflection, performance and other methods of understanding into every subject of learning. The network provides teachers with the essentials to think more creatively about how students can apply learning to the real world, and how ...